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missile defense is taking a serious cut. again, i'm going to -- the long range bomber, something we've talked about in the defense community since 1999. ten years later, we have funding for it about $6 billion or so for an airplane that's going to cost upwards of ten times that much, if not more. by 2017, we'll have a paper study of a bomber, and maybe a down select competition of this component or capability that people need for asian pacific. we're at the lowest amount of bombers since the cold war, 135. i'll give you some idea of how we have done business in the past, and desert storm, against iraq, a very unformidable foe, unlike china, used 115 ships of all kinds in desert storm to clear mines, to carry aircraft, and the rest of it. there was four marine expedition their strike routes, just that's the way we do business. these are going away. the average theater campaign for the united states has been about 30,000 targets, and china, it's just orders of magnitude higher to be credible, and it's not adding up. let me fin
missile defense is taking a serious cut. again, i'm going to -- the long range bomber, something we've talked about in the defense community since 1999. ten years later, we have funding for it about $6 billion or so for an airplane that's going to cost upwards of ten times that much, if not more. by 2017, we'll have a paper study of a bomber, and maybe a down select competition of this component or capability that people need for asian pacific. we're at the lowest amount of bombers since the...
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as far as defenses can turn, the simpson/bowles plan calls for defense spending at gross domestic product is 1%% for the next 10 years and the spending decisions would be left up to the armed services committee on the authorization side and the appropriations committee on the curb read inside. but again, the issue here is not with specific program you would address, but what is the big problem here? remember, congress is controlled as senator harry reid who is a democrat and john boehner, speaker was a a republican president who is a democrat. two out of three seats held by democrats. the only way to get to these big issues is to start with the budget. we propose to do house to badgers and i've been the subject of nasty ad and my willingness to stand up and ring something to the table. there hasn't been a budget in the senate for three and a half years. that is not leadership. >> this is definitely important. the congressman bass wants to talk about the plan and i will let knowledge a broad approach like that is probably the direction we need to go. the reality is he voted for the rhein b
as far as defenses can turn, the simpson/bowles plan calls for defense spending at gross domestic product is 1%% for the next 10 years and the spending decisions would be left up to the armed services committee on the authorization side and the appropriations committee on the curb read inside. but again, the issue here is not with specific program you would address, but what is the big problem here? remember, congress is controlled as senator harry reid who is a democrat and john boehner,...
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and it actually put republicans on the defensive. so i think republicans have not only paymented themselves into a -- painted themselves into a corner on this, but democrats are increasingly learning how to take advantage of that fact. >> it was interesting what you said about down scale whites. they haven't been that alienated by the moves by obama, but i thought the point you made earlier, maybe it'll be the same as mccain's, maybe it'll be a little more. just enough to get reelected and, you know, in a sense they're part of your coalition, but how do you keep them down on the farm? i mean, what can, you know, what should -- the democrats, you said they need a vision of activist government. what would that be? >> first of all -- >> how could the republicans consolidate them, too? i think this is very much up for grabs. >> first of all, if obama wins in this election, on a national basis it's almost certain that his noncollege white number will go down from his 40%, so in many ways it's been described as the victory 40 years later o
and it actually put republicans on the defensive. so i think republicans have not only paymented themselves into a -- painted themselves into a corner on this, but democrats are increasingly learning how to take advantage of that fact. >> it was interesting what you said about down scale whites. they haven't been that alienated by the moves by obama, but i thought the point you made earlier, maybe it'll be the same as mccain's, maybe it'll be a little more. just enough to get reelected...
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our defense relationships. secretary panetta three times in the last 12 months and i spent time doing the practical work of my job by strengthening our ties with japan, thailand, korea and india. last year the united states military participated
our defense relationships. secretary panetta three times in the last 12 months and i spent time doing the practical work of my job by strengthening our ties with japan, thailand, korea and india. last year the united states military participated
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so we always on the defensive, with so much limitation. >> let me interrupt, only because we're running out of time. the sandals versus the shoe steer was when you dropped your south vietnamese people dressed in the black pajamas in the north. >> mm-hmm. >> c.i.a.-led, c.i.a.-generated, and you said the c.i.a. misread the fact when they dropped people in in the north they had shoes on, but the north vietnamese wore sandals. >> yeah, well, what we learn later is that, you know, under the communist system, they recognized people and trained the people and have very tight and very effortly system to control, you know the people. so when a new foreigner infiltrate in their hamlet village, if you don't pay attention to the detail, you know, even your accent and the way you eat, you know, they will recognize right away that you are infiltrating, yes. >> unfortunately, we're without out of time. there's a lot more we weren't able to talk about. nguyen cao ky, the author, former prime minister of south vietnam. the book is >> were on the national mall in washington at the international book fes
so we always on the defensive, with so much limitation. >> let me interrupt, only because we're running out of time. the sandals versus the shoe steer was when you dropped your south vietnamese people dressed in the black pajamas in the north. >> mm-hmm. >> c.i.a.-led, c.i.a.-generated, and you said the c.i.a. misread the fact when they dropped people in in the north they had shoes on, but the north vietnamese wore sandals. >> yeah, well, what we learn later is that, you...
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with the min stir of defense it has beened because he is [inaudible] he became a defense minister. you have the military itself. is the middle of the bureaucrats who don't like to get anything done at any level. so anything comes from the top anything coming from the bottom up so you have and we had a long conversation on -- [inaudible] , you know, ambassador stephens he was complaining we were [inaudible] but the libyans are not taking and nay don't know how to incorporate the help they ask for and we are offering. and so the question was what can be done? you have to develop channels. i think task forces that deal with specific things that go around the bypass the bureaucracy. i think that in my opinion, is the best way to go right now libya until you clean up the military and they become a working function. okay. thank you. we have come to the end of our work time. thank you all for coming. and please help me in thanking the speakers. [applause] >>> the president of libya will speak for the u.n. general assembly tomorrow afternoon. you can see that live on c-span at 4:15 p.m. ea
with the min stir of defense it has beened because he is [inaudible] he became a defense minister. you have the military itself. is the middle of the bureaucrats who don't like to get anything done at any level. so anything comes from the top anything coming from the bottom up so you have and we had a long conversation on -- [inaudible] , you know, ambassador stephens he was complaining we were [inaudible] but the libyans are not taking and nay don't know how to incorporate the help they ask...
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like i say, repeal the national defense authorization act. this is what democrats are supposed to be good at. how about a libertarian president challenging them to step up to the plate and in that same vein, how about a libertarian president challenging republicans on what they're supposed to be good at, which is dollars and cents. paul ryan's budget plan is going balance the federal budget in 28 years and it's incumbent on growth built into there is? come on. nobody believes this. everybody understands this has to be mutual sacrifice on the part of all of us and i'll use that mutual. and as long as it's mutual, think we'll all suck it up and fix this. but we're being led to believe we can do nothing or we don't have to do anything and we're going to fix it? no way. or that somehow -- really, growth is going to come out of nowhere? we got zero% interest rates. we're stagnant. le federal reserve. auditingauditing the federal re. wow, would love to turn on the lights and understand what is in federal reserve balance sheets. how much are they bu
like i say, repeal the national defense authorization act. this is what democrats are supposed to be good at. how about a libertarian president challenging them to step up to the plate and in that same vein, how about a libertarian president challenging republicans on what they're supposed to be good at, which is dollars and cents. paul ryan's budget plan is going balance the federal budget in 28 years and it's incumbent on growth built into there is? come on. nobody believes this. everybody...
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the offshoot of that is medical doctors are saying that we are doing less defensive medicine these days. the massachusetts medical society issued a report yesterday called "the -- state of the work force study or something like that, and they do find there's been a little shift, and doctors are now ordering fewer tests to, you know, the concept of defensive medicine -- explain that or -- >> host: please do. >> guest: okay. the concept is the patient comes in. the doctor says you're complaining of a headache, let's order up all of these tests and special scans to make sure that you don't have a brain tumor so you don't come back to me in five months and sue me for missing this. the medical profession tells you they are ordering fewer tests because now they see patients on a more routine basis, and they are not coming in complaining of a severe headache after not seeing a doctor for seven years because they have insurance and they can make primary care visits. >> host: okay. >> guest: and not show up at the emergency room. >> host: ivan in massachusetts on the democrats' line. >> caller:
the offshoot of that is medical doctors are saying that we are doing less defensive medicine these days. the massachusetts medical society issued a report yesterday called "the -- state of the work force study or something like that, and they do find there's been a little shift, and doctors are now ordering fewer tests to, you know, the concept of defensive medicine -- explain that or -- >> host: please do. >> guest: okay. the concept is the patient comes in. the doctor says...
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a report put together by three very eminent australians, by angus houston, a former defense, by michael, a former expert, by paris aristotle, an expert in refugee and asylum seeker issues. it is this that has guided the government and i want to take this opportunity to thank those three and it australians for the work. now, yesterday of course we saw people out on the politics climbing with the scoreboard was out of this report. the truth is out this report that for every political party in this parliament, including the government, including the opposition, ethics of this report and doors parts of the policy, that is the truth of this report. i say it think about the things the government has advocated it is also true about the things that the opposition has advocated. now, deputy speaker, that is the conclusion of angus houston's panel and its work. and i think it is incumbent upon us and now to put those political scoreboards and that point making a side to put aside the shouting and the rhetoric that is characterized this debate, and to actually get on with the job of an acting the
a report put together by three very eminent australians, by angus houston, a former defense, by michael, a former expert, by paris aristotle, an expert in refugee and asylum seeker issues. it is this that has guided the government and i want to take this opportunity to thank those three and it australians for the work. now, yesterday of course we saw people out on the politics climbing with the scoreboard was out of this report. the truth is out this report that for every political party in...